1922 Film: 1st Winter Ascent of Mt Rainier

Wow, this sure looks interesting and cool, but I have a small challenge:
Other than being a Luddite, is there some reason I cannot view these films when I try to link to them?

I have the same problem... just a red x and no action on the linked page for me...??

FYI: Mozilla plays it fine, ie8 does not. wm player won't play the *.ogv file either (at least without add-ons).

Lowell, thanks for posting this it's really interesting history!
PS. I think we ran into you at the top of Alpy today, you cruised by my wife and I after rollen. good turns today!

I have the same problem... just a red x and no action on the linked page for me...??

JibberD and Schenk: Can you tell me what browser you are using (including version)? I've viewed these videos successfully on fairly recent versions of the top four browsers:

• Firefox
• Internet Explorer
• Safari
• Crome

On Internet Explorer 7 the movie runs in a Java applet (because that version does not support HTML5). If you don't have Java enabled, that might be a problem.

I'm not a video or web expert, so if there's anything very subtle about the problem you're having, I probably won't be able to diagnose it.

My main criteria when I posted the Mountaineer films was NOT to host them on YouTube or similar sites. My sense is that people assume that stuff on those sites is in the public domain, and I'm not ready to go there with the Mountaineers film collection.

FYI:  Mozilla plays it fine, ie8 does not.  wm player won't play the *.ogv file either (at least without add-ons).

Thanks for this info. I haven't tried IE8 yet. On IE7, the movie runs in a Java applet called Cortado. I believe the applet loads automatically if you have IE set up for that. Some people have said that they don't like that, but I'm not savvy enough about videos at this point to offer another method. I used the first method I found that worked. I'm open to suggestions.

Yes, I think we passed at Alpental today. Very nice to get out.

They play fine for me on IE9.
Thanks Lowell. These clips are a priceless find.

Awesome video Lowell, thanks for posting!